A. Applicants already doing business in Moses Lake on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter may continue to do business while their license applications are being processed. An applicant not previously doing business in Moses Lake on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall not commence doing business until his application is approved.

B. If an alarm business is operating or intends to operate a central station, a modified central station, or a telephone answering service, the license application shall so specify. An alarm business which commences operation of a central station, a modified central station, or a telephone answering service must comply with the applicable standards set forth in Sections 8.24.150 through 8.24.170 and must be inspected for such compliance by an appropriate city official before a license may be issued.

C. Alarm businesses which are operating a central station modified central station, or telephone answering service on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall have two years after such date to conform to the standards required by Sections 8.24.150 through 8.24.170. (Ord. 927, 1979)